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Page 12
It was reserved for Shake- speare's Lear to insist upon keeping the authority of kingship after he had ' given it away . ' The Leir of the old play brings no retinue to his daughter's house ; the Leir ...
It was reserved for Shake- speare's Lear to insist upon keeping the authority of kingship after he had ' given it away . ' The Leir of the old play brings no retinue to his daughter's house ; the Leir ...
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[ Reads ] This policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times ; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them . I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny ...
[ Reads ] This policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times ; keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them . I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny ...
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I can keep honest counsel , ride , run , mar a curious tale in telling it , and deliver a plain message bluntly : that which ordinary men are fit for , I am qualified in ; and the best of me is diligence . Lear . How old art thou ?
I can keep honest counsel , ride , run , mar a curious tale in telling it , and deliver a plain message bluntly : that which ordinary men are fit for , I am qualified in ; and the best of me is diligence . Lear . How old art thou ?
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If I gave them all my living , I'ld keep my coxcombs myself . There's mine ; beg another of thy daughters . Lear . Take heed , sirrah ; the whip . Fool . Truth's a dog must to kennel ; he must be whipped out , when Lady the brach may ...
If I gave them all my living , I'ld keep my coxcombs myself . There's mine ; beg another of thy daughters . Lear . Take heed , sirrah ; the whip . Fool . Truth's a dog must to kennel ; he must be whipped out , when Lady the brach may ...
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Prithee , nuncle , keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy fool to lie : I would fain learn to lie . Lear . An you lie , sirrah , we'll have you whipped . Fool . I marvel what kin thou and thy daugh- ters are : they'll have me whipped ...
Prithee , nuncle , keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy fool to lie : I would fain learn to lie . Lear . An you lie , sirrah , we'll have you whipped . Fool . I marvel what kin thou and thy daugh- ters are : they'll have me whipped ...
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